Records: Most Royal Rumble Match Wins (3 - '97, '98 and '01) = 50pts Wins: 3 ('97, '98, '01) = 90pts Awards: 6 (Most Eliminations '97, '98, '99, '02, Iron Man '97, '02) = 90pts Entries: 6 (=6th Place) = 4pts Career Eliminations: 36 (=2nd Place) = 8.5pts Personal Best Eliminations: 10 in '97 (2nd Place) = 9pts Average Eliminations: 6 (2nd Place) = 9pts Career Time: 2:45:09 (4th Place) = 7pts Personal Best Time: 0:53:46 in '99 (4th Place) = 7pts Average Time: 0:27:31.5 (3rd Place) = 8pts Total: 282.5pts Stone Cold Steve Austin claims the top spot by a massive 78.5 points; in true Attitude Era Rattlesnake mode he broke records and defeated all before him. Austin has won a record three Rumble matches; and won the Most Eliminations Award an astonishing four times over the course of only six Rumble match entries (that's a 50% Rumble win ratio and a 66.666% win ratio for the Most Eliminations Awards). Add in two Iron Man Awards and a seriously impressive statistical performance against the rest of the Top 10 (the only category he placed outside of the top four was Entries); and Stone Cold Steve Austin is statistically, hands down, the greatest performer in Royal Rumble Match history. There's an argument to be made that he was the greatest Rumble performer before the stats were referred too; and, with his list of accomplishments and accolades in relation to Rumble matches, you can see why. The Top 10 member that's still active with, arguably, the best chance of closing the gap on Austin, John Cena (Roman Reigns could catch him; but only time will tell), won't come close to Stone Cold's stats before he retires; it wouldn't be unfair to argue that the man to take the top spot from Austin hasn't even wrestled their first Rumble match yet. Who knows; maybe that person is on the NXT roster and may win the right to compete in their first Rumble match this Sunday?
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